What is that journey? Is it a physical journey? The story in the Torah tells us it is. But it is more than that. This is a journey of self-discovery. This is a journey of self-identity, a journey within.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

What is Repentance

“The way we act, the way we
fail to act is a disgrace which must not go on forever. This is not a white man’s world. This is not a colored man’s world. It is God’s world. No man has a place in this world, who
tried to keep another man in his place. It is time for the white man to repent. We have failed to use the avenues open
to us to educate the hearts and minds of men, to identify ourselves with those
who are underprivileged. But
repentance is more than contrition and remorse for sins, for harms done. Repentance means a new insight, a new
spirit. It also means a course of
action." Abraham Joshua Heschel